Gunshots were heard in my neighborhood last night. Police found a starter's pistol and now believe that it was race related.
Here again, we need the WTF button, because "WOW" just doesn't cut it.
Gunshots were heard in my neighborhood last night. Police found a starter's pistol and now believe that it was race related.
I am gonna go ahead and say it's a repop.
The double stamping of the usual, but the blade make a me hesitant. It's in too good condition compared to the rest of it.
let me know! Looks legit to me.
It’s on ODT btw
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Is it possible to replace these blades? Would there be some type of weld marks at the base?I was thinking the same thing.
Scabbard looks legit, but that blade looks too perfect, and the scratches on the handguard got me wondering if the blade's been replaced.
Oh yeah, it worked fine. I completed it 5 or 6 years ago, built it, shot the crap out of it and then stripped it back down and threw it in my parts bin.Well, at least you know...
But hey - it'll still work fine, I bet, and you don't have to open it up all the time to show off.
My EDC AR is on the same lower, but I didn't bother milling that far back on mine.
Is it possible to replace these blades? Would there be some type of weld marks at the base?
is double stamping the US mark standard protocol with repros?No, the guard goes on from the back, wood slips over a spindle, and then at the very rear it's flared to retain to handguard.
Adding trench art markings to wood isn't as hard as it looks, if you know how to do it.
Oh yeah, it worked fine. I completed it 5 or 6 years ago, built it, shot the crap out of it and then stripped it back down and threw it in my parts bin.
I didn’t like the sharp edges of the mag well and the trigger guard
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So I ended up buying a milspec style 80% lower and the rest is firearms history...
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Pics of blade, is that black paint comin off when you zoom in?
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is double stamping the US mark standard protocol with repros?
Valero in Hickory Flat, all day every day babyWhere the hell are you finding $1.39/gal gas? around here it's still $1.69 last I checked
I was THIS CLOSE to buying a raw 80% lower but then caught a deal on black anodized. Sounds like I dodged a bullet on that one.I went the opposite direction. My first non-plastic 80% was a raw aluminum mil-spec forged and it works fine, but getting ANY finish to stick to that FUCKING RAW ALUMINUM was terrible. I tried 12 different paint types, even special stuff that's supposed to be for refinishing the foot on an outboard engine. NOTHING WORKED. It all came off with the touch of a fingernail.
So, finally, in frustration I used Aluma-Black. Looked like shit, but it darkened it somewhat. Finally got so tired of it looking like shit that I bought a billet 80 like yours and rebuilt the whole thing.
Yes, those fucking corners are sharp. I hit mine with a brass hammer to reshape them, then hit em with Aluma-black, then quit caring when it wore off. The whole gun has wear on it from EDC, it is what it is.
looks like maybe some, I’m getting sent these pics from the seller. He’s askin 240 bucks for itWell, from this angle there does appear to be some patina that's getting rubbed off by the retainer spring inside the scabbard - the line down the middle of the blade, right?